xxvi, 394 pages : 24 cm

"In this thoughtful, thoroughly researched, balanced, and unorthodox analysis, Pike decides US noninterventionist orientation was based on Rooseveltian realism eschewing pressures on Latin Americans to accept US values (he assumed they would eventually converge) as counterproductive to achieving US goal of hemispheric stability and support for its strategic interests"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-381) and index

Sect. I. The Great Depression and Better Neighborliness in the Americas -- Sect. II. Inducements Toward Good Neighborliness -- Sect. III. Ambivalence of Mood: North Americans Contemplate Latin Americans -- Sect. IV. The Roosevelt Styles in Latin American Relations -- Sect. V. Launching and Targeting the Good Neighbor Policy -- Sect. VI. Security Issues and Good Neighbor Tensions -- Sect. VII. Farewell and Welcome Back the Good Neighbor Policy -- Sect. VIII. Good Neighbor Themes and Variations Half a Century Later

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